Improved washing-machine



umuwm MPETERS, FHOYO-UTHOGRAPNER. WASHINGYON. D12A am een.

MO'SESYINGALLS, OF MUSCATINE, IOWA.

Lette-'rs Patent No. 101,269, dated March 29, 1870.

IMPROVED WASHING-MACHINE.

The Schedule referredto in these Letters Patent and making part of the same.

To all whom yit may concern'.-

Be it known that I, Mosns IxeALLs, of' Muscatine, inthe county of Muscatine and State of Iowa, have invented a new and useful' Improvement in Washing`- Machine; and -I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exa-ct description thereof, which will enable others skilled in the art to make and use the saine, reference being had to the accompanying dra\v ing forming part of this specification.

Figure 1 is a vertical longitudinal sect-ion ot my improved Washing-machine, taken through the line :r x, lig. 2.

Is`if .rure 2 is a top vieu' of the same, part of the handle being broken away to show the construction.

Similar letters of rct'crel'ice indicate cmresponding parts.

My invention has for its objecty to furnish a simple, neatconvenient, and effective washing-machine, by means of which the washing may be quickly and conveniently done, and in such a Way as to not injure the most delicate fabric,thewashingbeing done by forcing the boiling suds through the clothes; and It consists in the vconstruction and combination of various parts of the nmchin'e, as hereinafter more fully described.

A represents an ordinary wash-boiler.

B represents a perforated board or lattice-work frame,lmade in the general form ot' the boiler A, but a little shorter than saidvboiler A, which board or frame BI call a rocker, so that the said board orV vframe may be rocked orl oscillated within said boiler.

To the central part lof' the lower side ot' the rocker B is attached a cross-bar, b, the lower side or edge of whiih is beveled or rounded olf, so that` it may rock upon the bottom of the boiler A, or upon supports attached to or placed up`n said bottom.

To the central part ot the upper side of the rocker B is attached an upright, b2, having several holes formed transversely through it, as shown in fig. 1.

O is an upright frame of lattice-work, which I call a dasher, and which is made of about the same shape and size as the rocker B. The central part of the dasher C is slotted for the passage of the upright b2, as shown in figs. l and 2.

To the sides of the middle part of the dasher C are attached upright-s cl, connected at their upper ends by a crossbar, c2, to form a handle for operating the machine.

In using the machine, the rocker B bl b2 is placed in the boiler A, and the clothes to be washed are soaped and placed upon it.

The boiled is placed over a lire and the clothes are boiled; after which, or While boiling, the dasher C el cZ is placed upon the clothes', pressed down gently upon them, and secured in place by a pin passed through one or the other of the holes in the upright b2. The Washer is then rocked oroscillated by moving the dasher-handle c1 c2 back and forth.A

As the suds alternately descend, the boiling water or suds is forced up through the openings in the rocker B and through the clothes, washing them quickly and thoroughly.

Having thus described my invention,

I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patentl An improved washing-machine, formed by the" combination of the rocker B b1 b2 and dasher C c c2 with each other, said parts being constructed substantially as herein shown and described, to adapt them for use in connection with each other and in an ordinary washboiler, as set fort-h.

Witnesses F. E. HUMrHREYs, G. E. GRAHAM.

MOSES INGALLS. 

